Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Native nameΚωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος
OfficePrime Minister of Greece
Term start5 March 1958
Term end17 May 1958
MonarchPaul
PredecessorKonstantinos Karamanlis
SuccessorKonstantinos Karamanlis
Office 1Minister of the Interior
Term start 15 March 1958
Term end 117 May 1958
Prime minister 1Himself
Predecessor 1Dimitrios Makris
Successor 1Dimitrios Makris
Office 2Minister of Education
Term start 26 August 1936
Term end 225 November 1938
Prime minister 2Ioannis Metaxas
Predecessor 2Nikolaos Louvaris
Successor 2Ioannis Metaxas
Birth date26 December 1890
Birth placeTripoli, Greece
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer
PartyPeople's Party
Death date26 July 1973 (aged 82)
Death placeAthens, Greece

Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος; 26 December 1890 – 26 July 1973) was a Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.

Biography

He was born in Mostitsi (Drymos), Greece, and studied law at the University of Athens.[1] In 1915, he became a military court judge. He left the military justice system in 1923 with the rank of colonel. He subsequently served, until 1951, as a lecturer in law at his former university.

In 1928, he joined the People's Party. From November 1935 to August 1936, he served as an Undersecretary in the cabinets of Konstantinos Demertzis and Ioannis Metaxas, respectively. He was Minister for Education from August 1936 to November 1938 under Metaxas. In 1948, he became President of the Greek Red Cross.[2]

From 5 March to 17 May 1958, he served as prime minister and Minister for the Interior in the caretaker government for the 1958 elections.[3] He participated in many Board of directors organizations and was honored with several awards and medals. He died in Athens on July 26, 1973.[1]

References

  1. ^ Makrygiannēs, Nikos (1979). Hoi prōthypourgoi tēs Hellados, 1843-1979 (in Greek). Ekdot. Hestia. p. 300. Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος, 1890 – 1973 Ο Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος γεννήθηκε στην Τρίπολη στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου 1890.
  2. ^ Carabott, Philip; Hamilakis, Yannis; Papargyriou, Eleni (2016-03-09). Camera Graeca: Photographs, Narratives, Materialities. Routledge. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-317-17004-4. He soon became the vice-president of PIKA (Foundation for Social Providence) and the Red Cross, when the president was Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, his close friend (Nelly 1989: 184), who became Minister of Education for the Metaxas regime.
  3. ^ L'Europe, Council of Europe/Conseil de (1972). Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 50. ISBN 978-90-247-1310-3. Constantinos Georgakopoulos (Prime Minister of care-taker Government in 1958) Nicolaos Bakopoulos (Minister of Justice 1964-1965) Andreas Papandreou (Minister of Coordination 1964-1965)